Thank You Notes

Dr. Sam Silverman @samsilvermancomedy is a dual threat psychiatrist and stand up comedian from southern California. We talk about his medical training, raising kids, and how he got into stand up. He was also gracious enough to come onto a podcast about thank you notes, despite being terrified of them! Check out Sam's comedy on YouTube and his website Please Like, Rate, and Review this Podcast, wha...

This Episode Nancy Davis Kho is a speaker, author, and podcaster whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and NPR affiliate KQED. Her book THE THANK-YOU PROJECT: Cultivating Happiness One Letter of Gratitude at a Time was published by Running Press in December 2019. Nancy covers “the years between being hip and breaking one” at MidlifeMixtape.com and on the Midlife...

This Episode Dr. Bill Miller is a recently retired physician & comedian, based in Chicago. While attending Northwestern University Medical School, Dr. Bill began performing at comedy clubs throughout Chicago and the Midwest. Soon he was an in-demand comedy club headliner…with appearances on Showtime, A&E, Comedy Tonight, WGN radio and many more. When he is on stage, at a medical conference or come...

This Episode Dr. Raj Dasgupta is a clinical associate professor at the University of Southern California School of Medicine. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at Michigan State University. He went on to complete two fellowships. The first in Pulmonary & Critical Care at Columbia University and the second in Sleep Medicine at Henry Ford in Detroit.  He has taught medicine to everyone fro...

This Episode Dr. Matthew Tyler is a palliative care physician practicing in Chicago, IL. With a decade of patient care experience, his mission is to simplify medical information, empowering patients and caregivers. Beyond clinical work, he leverages social media to extend his reach, focusing on making healthcare information accessible. As an avid video gamer, he intertwines his passion for gaming...

This Episode Dr. Dana Corriel is a physician turned social media mogul from New York City. She completed her internal medicine residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. In 2017, she left clinical practice to found SoMeDocs, a company that helps physicians cultivate a presence on social media. She has helped physicians start successful blogs and contribute to traditional media outlets like...

This Episode Josh Blum MD is a board-certified Child & Adolescent Psychologist, and host of the Revive and Thrive Podcast. He received his medical degree from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. His main focus in podcasting is educating physician fathers to help mitigate burnout as both physicians and parents. You can find his podcast here Please Like, Rate, and Review this Podcast,...

This Episode Dr. Patrick Pownell is a board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon from Dallas, TX. He completed residencies in both otolaryngology and plastic surgery from UT-Southwestern. He has received numerous “Best Doctor” awards from D Magazine and Texas Monthly. He has also held leadership positions in the plastic surgery department of Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas and the Dallas P...

This Episode Dr. Leon Toye is a radiologist who reads X-rays to support his music career.  He is the founder and composer for his band Toyesauce, a funk band which features world class musicians from famous bands like Galactic, the Meters, and Dave Matthews Band.  He currently lives in Nashville, TN with his wife Amanda and German Shepard Taun Taun. He has graciously allowed us to use one of his s...

This Episode Dr. Benjamin Schmidt is better known as Doc Schmidt on social media. He has over 1 million followers across all of his accounts.. His videos routinely receive hundreds of thousands of views and have been featured on national news websites.  He recently graduated from a fellowship in gastroenterology and is currently working for Esse Health in St. Louis, MO.  You can find him on all of...

You can find Zdogg on Instagram @zdoggmd The paper I discuss can be read here Please Like, Rate, and Review this Podcast, whatever platform you're listening on. Email the show: thankyounotespod@gmail.com Instagram @thankyounotespod  Facebook.com/thankyounotespod TikTok @thankyounotespod --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thankyounotespod/message Sponsored by Bette...

This Episode Jennifer Rippe is the chief CRNA for her division in Dallas, TX. She is from Kansas and moved to Texas with her husband upon the completion of her CRNA training in Kansas City.  I have worked with her for 7 years and she is as excellent clinically as she is administratively and personally. I wanted to have her on the show so I could publicly thank her for all of the hard work she does...

This Episode Patrick C. Beeman, MD is a board-certified Ob/Gyn and addiction medicine physician, medical educator, and writer. He has worked on the Case Files series and written questions for the USMLERx question bank. He is the founder of InsideTheBoards, aimed at teaching medical students psychometric principles in order to reduce their stress, improve efficiency in studying, and (of course) inc...

Amanda and I went to high school together and were voted most friendly members of our senior class. These days Amanda is a mother of 2 boys living in central Illinois. She is a registered dietician and the owner of Nutrition Wise, a virtual dietician service the specializes in Irritable Bowel Syndrome. She is also the dietician for the Tulsa Ballet. Amanda and I talk about what got her into nutrit...

We are joined today by Dr. Alexis McQuitty. She is a Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Texas Medical Branch, located in Galveston, TX. Alexis was one of my faculty instructors while I did my residency training at this hospital. She was always committed to teaching and making sure her residents learn something every day. I learned a great deal from her during my time there. We get in...

My guest is Jacob Givens. He is a comedian, actor, writer, and more who currently lives in Los Angeles, CA. He started making videos during the pandemic to show his appreciation for the music from his formative years. After posting videos about Nirvana and Radiohead on Tik Tok, he quickly became a viral sensation. He was featured in Spin Magazine, and even attracted the attention of the very music...

Welcome to Season 2 of the Thank You Notes Podcast.  My guest is Mark Malaby. He was my Language and Composition teacher at Cascia Hall high school in Tulsa, OK. We talk about his teaching process (or rather lack thereof), the toils and troubles of high school, and share a few book recommendations.  I thank Mr. Malaby for creating a class that was built upon pushing the students out of their comfo...

My guest is my long time friend Dr. Michelle Dang. She is an anesthesiologist who specialized in pain medicine and integrative medicine. She is currently living in Colorado with her 2 sons and husband.  We talk about how she didn't like me in medical school but change her opinion in residency, the impact of yoga and fitness on her life and career, and her podcast WishWell.  I thank Michelle for th...

Double Digits!!!!  Today's guest is Lindsay Myers. She is a real estate mogul from Plano, TX. She was friends with my wife in high school and has since become a family friend.  I'm thankful for her being the first fan of the podcast and for all of the help she gave me and my wife during the birth of our daughter. She took care of our dogs and filled our freezer with homemade meals. It was incredib...

Herr Weaver was my German teacher in middle and high school in Tulsa, OK. He is an educator with over 20 years of experience. He is a lover of German cinema, cuisine, and culture. He also practices Tai Chi and plays percussion.  We talk about his teaching style, taking students to Germany in the summer, the trips I went on with him, public transportation, and Wim Wenders.  I wrote Herr a note to t...

My friend of 10+ years, Daniel Chavez, is a veteran of the Texas Highway Patrol and Secret Service. He currently works for a private security firm in New York City.  We talk about his time in both of these organizations and a little bit about his new job. We also get into our time in Houston while I attended medical school, fatherhood, the time I save his life, and our shared love of morphine when...

I know Carlos from our time working together at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas. He was energetic, friendly, and extremely hard working. It was always a pleasure to work when he was there.  One night after a late case, Carlos dropped a bomb on me. He was leaving work to move to Houston to begin evaluation for a heart transplant, and that it would be his second. I had no idea he was going through a...

Rocco Florio is an OB/GYN who practices in Kansas City, MO. He originally hails from New York, where he completed medical school and residency. We met on a ski trip with mutual friends in 2011 and have remained friends.  We talk about his upbringing, his newfound hobby of farming, and our semi-annual snowboarding trip. I wanted to thank Rocco for all of the phone calls and texts he sent during my...

Nick and I have a friendship going back 30 plus years. We both attended Cascia Hall in Tulsa, OK. I am well aware that one of my tenets of Thank You Note writing is to make it for something specific, but I really couldn't nail down something in particular to thank Nick for, other than making me laugh. We get into my first and only fight from when I was in middle school, being an outcast at a priva...

Dr. Lindsey White is a mother of 2 and a board certified Anesthesiologist living in Dallas, TX. She and I have been co-workers for the past 6 years.  She writes and shares book reviews on her Facebook and Instagram pages (@drlitrx). They are well written and a nice glimpse into her personality. I like them so much I pestered her to come on the podcast and let me thank her for sharing them in perso...